Kardashian manager found dead and tortured
A Los Angeles woman who worked as a business manager for the Kardashians and other celebrities was brutally murdered by her boyfriend last week, police said.
Angela Kukawski, 55, was found dead in a car in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles, on Dec. 23, Los Angeles police said in a news release Wednesday.
Her boyfriend Jason Barker, 49, was arrested the same day and charged with her murder.
Police also charged Barker with torture, saying he caused "cruel and extreme pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion and for a sadistic purpose, (to) inflict great bodily injury," the Los Angeles Times reported.
Police said Barker used a knife and pistol in the attack, according to the L.A. Times. Kukawski died of blunt head injuries and strangulation, a local coroner determined.
Kukawski was first reported missing on December 22 from her home in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, about 20 miles southeast of where her body was found in Simi Valley. Police said Barker killed her at the Sherman Oaks home and then put her body in the car and drove to Simi Valley, where she parked the vehicle on a street.
Barker was being held on $ 3 million bond as of Wednesday night.
Kukawski worked with several high-profile clients, including the Kardashians, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and Offset, according to Variety. She also worked with the Tupac estate.
In an Instagram post, Minaj described her as the “hardest working, most trustworthy and sweetest person you can ever meet. You didn't deserve this, Angela. My heart breaks for her children. Rest in peace".
